Population below poverty line: 36.3% (1995 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 24.5% (1995)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6% (1998)
Labor force: 1.115 million (mid-1993 est.)
Labor force—by occupation: primarily herding/agricultural
Unemployment rate: 4.5% (1998)
Budget:
revenues: $260 million (1998)
expenditures: $330 million (1998)
Industries: copper, construction materials, mining (particularly
coal); food and beverage, processing of animal products
Industrial production growth rate: 4.5% (1997 est.)
Electricity—production: 2.3 billion kWh (1996)